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Old 03-29-2007, 11:40 AM   #1
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Action - driving while drunk
Result - Head on collision and death of innocent people
Conclusion - The driver is fully responsible because he made a decision that was illegal and immoral knowing that his ability was impaired

Action - Driving your kids to the swimming pool
Result - Hit by a drunk driver and killed along with your children
Conclusion - the mother took an action she believed was healthy and responsible. Her children would be alive if she hadn't signed them up for swimming lessons but she is not responsible for their deaths, despite the fact that her action led to it.
Goes both ways eh?
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Old 03-29-2007, 09:37 PM   #2
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Action - driving while drunk
Illegal
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Action - Driving your kids to the swimming pool
Legal

That's the difference.
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Old 03-29-2007, 10:56 AM   #3
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unless you have a crystal ball
As a matter of fact, I do have a crystal ball...it doesn't tell me anything, but it sure is pretty.
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Old 03-29-2007, 11:23 AM   #4
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Old 03-29-2007, 04:57 PM   #5
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Yayyyyy... Pie absolved me!
I can pull the trigger and that is all I'm responsible for!
That bad ol' bullet killed em'.
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Old 03-29-2007, 08:37 PM   #6
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Yayyyyy... Pie absolved me!
I can pull the trigger and that is all I'm responsible for!
That bad ol' bullet killed em'.
No, your action was unethical -- if you believe suicide is unethical.
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The fun thing about evolution (and science in general) is that it happens whether you believe in it or not.
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Old 03-29-2007, 08:13 PM   #7
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It seems to be a bit of a tautology. It's true, but it says nothing outside of its own validity.
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Old 03-29-2007, 08:45 PM   #8
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It seems to be a bit of a tautology. It's true, but it says nothing outside of its own validity.
I think you were responding to me?
It does absolve you from guilt over things that were unforeseeable. I have to keep reminding my mother of this from time to time -- you did the best with the information you had -- at the time. You can't beat yourself up forever for things that you didn't know, things that you couldn't have known.

If your actions are good, honorable, ethical, moral, worthwhile... you have lived up to your highest possibility. Doesn't matter if your life sucked, if you made a billion dollars, if you were loved, if you died in a ditch. What you do is all that matters.
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Old 03-30-2007, 08:55 AM   #9
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I haven't heard much out of Ron Paul recently, but isn't he running for President?
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Old 03-30-2007, 09:04 AM   #10
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I haven't heard much out of Ron Paul recently, but isn't he running for President?
Don't mock my silly belief system lube boy.
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Old 03-30-2007, 09:16 AM   #11
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Don't mock my silly belief system lube boy.
I'm not mocking you, drunkard. Depending on the candidates, I might be inclined to vote for someone like Paul.
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Old 03-30-2007, 09:21 AM   #12
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Uh-oh. Sycamore has the lube and Griff is drunk. Does anyone else see where this is going? lol!!!
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Old 03-30-2007, 09:28 AM   #13
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Uh-oh. Sycamore has the lube and Griff is drunk. Does anyone else see where this is going? lol!!!
Ya know, Griff's wife goes by the name "Pete" here on the Cellar...
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Old 03-30-2007, 09:22 AM   #14
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I simultaneously think that Jesus was great, but Christianity is ...not.
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Old 03-30-2007, 09:28 AM   #15
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I simultaneously think that Jesus was great, but Christianity is ...not.
Same here.
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